The Winners of the Grants for Campaigns Against Misinformation and Propaganda in the Media were Designated

After assessing the files submitted, the jury selected the following winners: 

Media Creativity and Innovation Academy NGO with the ‘Do You Think Like Them?’ Project or ‘Fact Checking’ FILE

Miraza SRL with the ‘From Fake to Fake!’ Project

 
Six files were submitted to the contest. The following criteria were used to assess the projects: implementation plan, practical offer with well-established deadlines for each phase; appropriate target audience, promotion and viability plans.

The jury consisted of Aneta Gonta – media investigator, Dumitru Lazur – journalist, Alina Radu – director of Ziarul de Garda, Lilia Zaharia – journalist under the Stopfals.md Project, and Victor Spinu – Trolless app co-author.
 
The grants for campaigns against misinformation and propaganda in the media are provided by the Independent Journalism Center, as partner under the ‘Media Enabling Democracy, Inclusion and Accountability in Moldova’ (MEDIA-M) Project, funded by USAID and implemented by Internews. The MEDIA-M project aims to promote the development of independent and professional press in Moldova, contributing to the creation of a more resistant to political and financial pressures media sector.